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If you've been down Fairfax Ave, just around the corner from Benito's Taco Shop on Beverly and across the street from CBS Television City, you've probably seen this store front, I know I have. It's a unique combination of Southeast Asian flavors; specifically Indonesian, Singaporean, and Malaysian. See What Jay Eats... The restaurant is fast casual with a Chipotle-style line, which gives you the ability to select what looks good.

I've been to a couple of events where Kaya Street Kitchen had served their dishes and had sampled their food. Now was my chance to try their menu.

I had a hard time selecting, cause everything looked good. The options are bowl, salad, tacos, or burritos. I selected a bowl and wanted to try the base of green tea noodles and greens. Next, select a protein. This was the hard part for me, everything sounded great. I did go with the shrimp and pork meatballs and the Meat Ballin' bowl.

"It is better to have burnt and lost,then never to have barbecued at all" ~ William Shakespeare Over the last 6 months, I've been fortunate to have traveled to Austin (twice), Dallas, and NYC for barbecue. Sometimes I take it for granted and have to explain that meat on a grill is grilling and not BBQ.

We ate by 1 pm or so. They were SOLD OUT by 1:30 pm. And they do this everyday, except Mondays.

Why do they show up and wait? For me, it was the brisket. The Best Brisket I've ever had, Period. Franklin Barbecue doesn't have any Michelin stars,but I did see a few Michelin tires in the parking lot...